No problem.

A pretty apt observation. Just look at modern education. How much of it is geared for: A) instilling virtue in students and teaching them how to think (i.e. classical education) or B) preparing students to enter a workforce by imparting them with skills (i.e. vocational education)? Very little. No Child Left Behind was the death knell for an already-faltering education system.

That's why dignity is divided into four categories in the document. Man loses moral dignity through sin but retains ontological dignity in that he is made in the image and likeness of God.

Classic Wittgensteinain language-game. Modernism is steeped in post-modernist philosophy.

There's no link.

Honestly, I figured it was just more bread and circuses. I'm interested to hear other theories.

I just did a quick read of the document, so I'm sure I didn't pick up on everything. But I do see why it took five years to write. Not because of its theological depth but because there would have been much more pushback against the document five years ago.

It smacks of liberation theology and plays games with the concept of dignity. A good amount of it sounds okay until you stop to think about what the full implications of the document are.

Also, not a fan of this new seamless garment on which sins against migrants and our poor stewardship of creation are on par with abortion and euthanasia.

@Slave of the Immaculata - Yes, the "two forms" of the Roman rite is exactly where we can see Ratzinger's Hegelian thought on full display. It is very likely that he was hoping for a sort of merger between the two rites following the pattern of thesis-antithesis-synthesis. Very misguided.

Nevertheless, I owe a debt of gratitude to Benedict XVI for that moto proprio. It was that document that made me aware that the Tradition still existed and was being practiced somewhere. I just had to start looking.

Read the article.

This is a huge accusation. As the kids say, I need receipts. If they have this document, they should publish it. Until then, I'm going to hold off on hitting the proverbial panic button.